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The document compares two methods for extracting cellulose from plant materials for stable isotope analysis: the Jayme-Wise method and the diglyme-HCl method. While the diglyme-HCl method is easier and faster, it can leave behind small amounts of lignin that may affect isotope values. Adding a bleaching step to the diglyme-HCl method produced cellulose with similar isotope ratios to the Jayme-Wise method for some hardwood and softwood species tested, but not others. The suitability of the diglyme-HCl method
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- Samj18
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